Mucilage-distributing device.



C. H. PAYNE.

MUCILAGE DISTRIBUTING DEVICE APPHCATION FILED MAR. I5. 1918 Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

CHARLES H. PAYNE, 0F KINGS MILLS, OHIO.

MUCILAGE-DISTRIBUTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

Application filed March 15, 1918. Serial No, 222,715.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. PAYNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kings Mills, in the county of Warren and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mucilage-Distributing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

I have evolved a new, unique, sanitary and highly efficient mucilage distributing device, preferably made of two parts having desirable and useful advantages needed in a device of this character.

It consists essentially of a base or holder and a mucilage holding reservoir carrying a wick, the mucilage holding reservoir fitting onto the base or into a recess in the base part, when not in use.

The reservoir for holding the mucilage is detachably connected with the base or holder, and when not in use is connected with the base or holder, that it will be sealed against a pad.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification:

Figure 1, is an isometric view of the base or holder,

Fig. 2, is an isometric view of the reservoir,

Fig. 3, is an isometric view of screen support,

Fig. 4:, is an assembled cross-section of the device,

Fig. 5, is a view similar to that shown in Fig. 1, except that the recess in base is omitted and sealing pad put on face of base, and

Fig. 6,. is an isometric view of a base having yielding sides partly broken away to show construction.

The holder or base, in one form, is made of a rectangular block 1, having therein, a recess or depression 2, out still deeper and narrowed at 3. The holder or base and the depression may be made of any shape or contour, best adapted for receiving the reservoir. At the bottom of the recess 3, I place a pad 4:, preferably made from an anti-mucilage absorbing compound such as rubber, celluloid or the like. This pad 4 allows the wick of the mucilage holding reservoir to rest evenly and uniformly thereon and preserves the wick and keeps it in first class operable condition; being also sanitary as it may be washed or cleaned. I

At the edge of the recess 2, near its corners I place small uprights or posts 5 which I connect by side rails or bars 6 as shown. These rails 6 may be made'of spring metal if desired, or they may be made rigid.

The mucilage holding reservoir is marked 7 and may be made of metal, glass or other substance and of any form, preferably however wedge shaped, and rounded at the top. At the top of the reservoir I place a cap 8, through which it can be filled.

On each side of the body of'the reservoir Iplace a spring as 9 having an offset or catch part 10. The springs, in the present instance are soldered onto at 12. They may be made of any form and connected in any preferred manner to the reservoir.

At its lower extremity the reservoir has an elongated mouth as 13, into which fits a wick 1% made from material best adapted for distributing the mucilage. On the inside of the reservoir 7 at its mouth I place a strip of mesh or screen 15, preferably soldering the same into position. This mesh 15 forms an abutment keeps it in proper position and also assists in properly dividing up the mucilage so that the wick will be evenly filled by absorption; any other means may be used if desired, or it may be dispensed with, if desired. 7

When not in use the reservoir 7 is inserted into the depressions 2 and 3, as shown in Fig. L, the parts 10 of the springs 9 slipping over the bars 6, thus holding the reservoir in normal position.

\Vhen it is desired to use the reservoir 7, the springs'9 are pressed inward taking the part 10 of the springs out of engagement with bars 6, consequently "the reservoir can be raised or pulled out and used for any mucilage purpose and when the operator is through with its use it is again pressed into the recesses in the holder or base 1. If the bars 6 are made of spring material they can be usedto hold the reservoir in position and in this manner the springs 9 can be eliminated.

Any means can be employed between the holder and reservoir to hold the parts together when not in use and render the reservoir detachable when it is desired to use the same.

In order to guide the reservoir 7 down into the depression or recesses 2 in the base 1, I place at each end of said depression a small channel or grooved piece 20, having a the reservoir 7 for the wick and,

U shaped, rounded or peculiarly shaped channel, and on the reservoir 7, at each end I place guide ribs as 25, which, when the reservoir is inserted into the "holder or base 1, engage the faces of the channel bars or posts and thus the reservoir is guided and kept in proper alinement as it is forced home into the recess, or onto the pad 4.

It is quite desirable to shape and form the end of the mouth and wick of the reser- Voir so that they will properly and best hug or contact with the pad 4, so that mucilage will not escape or ooze out and become congealed or harden, but that there will be a sealed connection between the mouth 13 and wick let and the pad 4; thus the mucilage will always be free and moist in the work for use at any time.

In Fig. 5, I dispense with the recess or recesses in the base Or holder and place pad at onto the face of base or holder 1, and in this case I may also use the bars 6 and channel parts 20, and the pad 4 will operate in same maner.

I may guide the reservoir down into the recesses of the holder or base 1, or onto pad 4 directly, in any desired manner other than herein shown and described.

In Fig. 6, I show the base or holder 1, made of metal having flaring sides 30, shaped to form or act as springs, so that when the reservoir 7, is forced therein the spring sides will firmly hold it in place and on pad 4, and in this case the springs on the reservoir are all dispensed with, as are also the guides 25 and the posts 5 and bars 6; the reservoir is thus made plain, without any extraneous parts.

It may be somewhat modified without departing from the spirit or principle of the invention, and I wish to be understood that such modifications will still fall within the scope of my invention.

What I claim as new and my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described, a base part and a mucilage holding reser voir provided with a mouth at its lower eX- tremity, a pad made of yielding material combined with said base part, the reservoir detachably connected with said base part, and held in normal position on said base part and on said pad by downward pressure of the reservoir and upward pressure of the pad to form a sealed joint bet *een the mouth of the reservoir and said pad, when the device is not in use.

2. In a device of the character described, a base part and a mucilage holding reservoir provided with a mouth at its lower eXtremity, a yielding pad connected with said base part, said reservoir detachably connected with said base part, said reservoir held in connection with the base part and on said pad by impingement on said yielding pad, so that the reservoir will be sealed at the bottom.

In a device of the character described, a base part and a mucilage holding reservoir, a resilient pad connected with said base part, said reservoir detachably connected with said base part and provided with a narrowed mouth carrying a wick, said reser voir held in connection with the base part and on said pad by pressure on said resilient pad and by pressure against the reservoir, So that the reservoir mouth will be sealed.

ii. In a device of the character described, an elongated non-compressible mucilage holding reservoir provided with a narrowed rectangular wick carrying mouth at its bottom, said reservoir detachably connected with said base part, said base part having upturned metal sides and a compressible pad at its bottom, said reservoir held in normal, rigid and hermetically sealed position on said pad by downward pressure and by the upward pressure of the pad against the mouth of said reservoir, and a stop carried by the up-turned sides of the base to co-act with side grooves on the reservoir, and limit said upward pressure.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' CHARLES H. PAYNE. Witnesses LEMUEL HOLT, WM. J. CURRAN.

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